. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. own consists of a wide street along the sea shore, containing seve-ral good buildings. From this, numerous small streets extend back at rightangles, for a considerable distance up the slope of the hill. The populationamounts to some twenty thousand. The commerce of the island is consid-erable, and most of it is with England. Its exports have been said toamount to the value of £500,000 per annum. Wine is the principal com-modity. When the island was first settled by the Portuguese, sugar wascultivated to a consid
. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. own consists of a wide street along the sea shore, containing seve-ral good buildings. From this, numerous small streets extend back at rightangles, for a considerable distance up the slope of the hill. The populationamounts to some twenty thousand. The commerce of the island is consid-erable, and most of it is with England. Its exports have been said toamount to the value of £500,000 per annum. Wine is the principal com-modity. When the island was first settled by the Portuguese, sugar wascultivated to a considerable extent, but this was discontinued after the WestIndies were brought under culture, and wine became the staple. The salubrity of the climate has made Funchal a resort for invalids, andhence it is not difficult to find in it agreeable and refined society. Thegreater number of those who visit the island are English, and the knownlove of Englishmen for exercise in the open air has led to the introductionof some novel modes of afiording to invalids the benefit of Carriage on Sled. As the streets of the city are paved in such manner as to forbid the useof wheel carriages, sedan chairs and hammocks were, until very recently, usednot only for invalids, but by all persons making visits. The inconvenienceof these vehicles has led to a substitute, which consists of nothing more than
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